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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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